Elder brother's garrison

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"What great contributions did the Iowa-class ship girls make to the naval base?" Illinois asked Iowa again.

"Not really, it's mainly because of Missouri," Iowa said with a smile. "Missouri is the Admiral's wedding ship... It's not strange for a wedding ship to live with the Admiral, so we're all benefiting from the Admiral's fame."

"So, Miss Changchun must also be living with the Admiral?" Illinois seemed to understand, and she turned to look at Changchun.

"Ah... um, there is a room for me in the Admiral's house..." Changchun nodded a little embarrassedly.

Where is Miss Anshan?

"I hadn't thought about that. I don't have a dormitory here either... Hmm... Perfect, Admiral, can I stay with you too?" Anshan was quite direct, asking Xiaobai directly, "Although Changchun and I aren't exactly the same class of ships, we're like sisters."

"Ah...it's alright, there are plenty of rooms, of course you can." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"Admiral, what about me? What about me? What about me?!" Jinan immediately jumped up and down, raising his hand.

"Little guy, you'd better go to the dormitory and behave yourself!" Wisconsin pressed down on Jinan's head.

"No way!" Jinan cried out.

"Hehehehe—feeling distressed, jealous, resentful! Hate yourself for not being a married ship, or for not having a married ship sister!"

Wisconsin's laughter was loud and clear, sounding exactly like that of a villain at that moment.

Amidst a harmonious atmosphere, Xiaobai and her group arrived at the office building of the newbie naval base. They entered the building, walked upstairs to the admiral's office, and knocked on the door.

The ship girls present looked at Shiro's knocking on the door with confusion.

"Admiral, don't you have an office key?"

"Oh? Yes, there is."

"Then why did you knock on the door when you returned to your office, Admiral?"

"Ah... well... it has quite a history..."

Xiaobai didn't know where to begin explaining, so she could only smile at the ship girls and politely brush them off.

Soon, the sound of someone opening the office door came from the other side.

With a crisp click of the lock, the door slowly opened.

What comes into view is a slender ship girl with long flaxen hair. She has a great figure and her features are as beautiful as jewels. She has a gentle and kind smile on her face. She looks very young, but she is full of maternal aura. She gives people a comfortable and close feeling as if a spring breeze is blowing on their face.

The one who opened the door for everyone was Lexington herself, the chief secretary ship of this newbie naval base, a super veteran of the server launch, an evergreen aircraft carrier, a model ship girl, one of Shiro's sisters-in-law, and the true ruler of this sea area (just kidding).

"Lexington! I'm back!"

As soon as Little White saw Lexington, he immediately felt like he was back home, rushed into Lexington's arms, and started to act cute towards her.

"Lexington, I miss you so much!"

"Welcome back, Little White." Lexington hugged Little White, smiling as she combed Little White's long hair. Her eyebrows curved, and her eyes, as large as a bay, looked up at the ship girls in front of her. "Oh my... it's really lively today. I just felt that the teleportation vortex of Super Yamato had been activated again. I just made a few more cups of good tea, but I didn't expect there to be more people than I thought."

After Lexington finished speaking, she took two steps back while holding Little White, and smiled as she gestured to the ship girls.

"Come in, ladies, we're all family here, no need for formalities."

Just as the ship girls were about to speak, Lexington turned around with Little White in her arms, leaving behind a wisp of hair flying in the wind.

The ship girls had no choice but to quickly go into the office.

After the ship girls entered the room, they stared intently at Shiro, who was snuggling in Lexington's arms.

Little White is still nestled in Lexington's arms, his face showing an expression that seems to suggest he's given up all thought and just wants to enjoy a moment of peace.

At this moment, apart from ship girls like Missouri and Changchun who entered the naval base relatively early, the other ship girls all had somewhat strange expressions when they saw this scene.

To be honest, in the eyes of the ship girls nowadays, Shiro's image is becoming more and more courageous. She loves infiltration operations, always maintains a calm attitude, and seems to be able to do anything in the face of any difficulty. She is already a very mature admiral with a strong personal style of a top ten admiral and excellent abilities. However, they have rarely seen someone like Shiro who can throw herself into another person's arms without any scruples and act like a real child.

This is something that has never happened even with wedding ships.

Thinking about this, the ship girls all raised their eyes thoughtfully and looked at Lexington.

As expected... does the Admiral shed his mature facade in front of Lexington...?

The ship girls couldn't help but glance at Lexington's face several more times as they thought about it.

Lexington is truly a beautiful woman who is hard not to like.

At this moment, some of the ship girls in the Little White team were seeing Lexington for the first time. Apart from that, their knowledge of Lexington's deeds was limited to descriptions from other ship girls. They weren't completely unfamiliar with Lexington's image, but even so, the moment they saw Lexington, they were all attracted by this ship girl's gentle temperament and couldn't help but put aside their awkwardness and wariness at their first meeting.

The ship girls are beginning to understand, to some extent, why Shiro was able to let her guard down in Lexington's arms.

"It's rare for you to come back, and you've even brought some new girls with you." After settling Xiaobai on the sofa, Lexington smiled and said to the ship girls, "Girls, wait a moment, I'll pour you a couple more cups of tea."

“Senior Lexington, Missouri is here to help.” Missouri stepped out of the group and said to Lexington.

"You're the most eye-catching one, alright, alright, come on over."

Lexington spoke to Missouri with a smile, her natural tone sounding exactly like a mother joking with her daughter.

Chapter 3768 You concubines should call me Empress Dowager

Making tea is a simple thing.

Add tea leaves to the teapot, pour in hot water, and after a short wait, you will have a pot of hot tea.

Even a complete novice could do this.

That being said, although brewing tea is an ordinary activity, if the act of brewing tea is elevated to the level of tea art, then it becomes a completely different matter with a complicated process and delicate operation.

After all... tea ceremony is, to some extent, more of an art performance for viewing.

Sunlight streamed through the sheer curtains into the quiet living room.

Missouri smiled faintly, gathered her clothes around her hips, rose and slowly walked to Lexington's side. The two of them faced the crowd and gently knelt behind the coffee table.

All their next actions will be performed on this coffee table under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Lexington took out the tea set and placed the clean and elegant tea set on the coffee table. Missouri also operated the kettle next to her and boiled a pot of water.

The water boiled quickly.

Missouri and Lexington got to work, skillfully warming the soup cups and pots.

The two worked together seamlessly, displaying remarkable tacit understanding despite the lack of verbal communication. Their slender, white hands danced lightly across the teaware, a truly pleasing sight.

After washing the teaware, Lexington first took out a small pinch of tea leaves from the exquisite ceramic jar. Her five fingers were gentle and skillful, and her gaze was gentle and calm, as if each tea leaf she took out was asleep.

Lexington placed the tea leaves into the Yixing teapot, tilting the pot slightly to allow the dry tea leaves to gently tumble inside.

Even before it's been steeped in water, the refreshing aroma of the tea is already released.

As soon as Lexington put down the Zisha teapot, Missouri picked up the kettle and slowly poured boiling water along the edge of the kettle into it.

The boiling water quickly overflowed.

Lexington poured the tea from the pot into a tall, transparent cup, while Missouri gently lifted the cup and slowly poured the tea from it onto the teapot.

A warm breath quickly wafted over.

Lexington picked up the brush and gently brushed it twice on the teacup. Then Missouri removed the lid of the teapot, and Lexington picked up the kettle to begin brewing the tea.

The teapot overflowed for the second time. Lexington put the kettle down, and Missouri picked up the lid and gently rubbed it around the overflowing spout.

As the spout was scraped, the foam on the spout immediately dissipated.

Missouri put down the tea lid and turned to sort the teacups.

Lexington put the lid on the teacup and began pouring tea into the cups that Missouri had sorted without pausing.

The water flowing from the teapot was as still as a serene arc, and the tea-colored liquid filled the teacup to seven-tenths full.

Missouri offered teacups filled with tea to everyone at the coffee table, a smile spreading across her face.

Missouri and Lexington's operation was seamless from beginning to end, with the two cooperating perfectly, taking and releasing at the same time, their quiet movements resembling a dynamic painting.

For a moment, no one dared to utter a sound. They all held their breath and watched quietly as Missouri and Lexington poured tea until the teacups were served to each person.

"Gentlemen, I apologize for the poor hospitality," Lexington said with a smile.

"The knot... is over?"

Everyone stared longingly at the teacup in front of them. Perhaps because Lexington and Missouri's cooperation had been so professional, the ship girls present were afraid of ruining the atmosphere of the tea ceremony, and for a moment no one dared to make a move.

"Please have a drink," Missouri said with a smile to the crowd.

Hearing Missouri's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They all reached out, picked up their teacups, smelled them, and took small sips.

The tea was still just ordinary tea; even the best tea ceremony wouldn't make the tea taste better. But as everyone sipped their tea, they felt that the sightseeing they had just enjoyed was not superfluous, creating a sense of satisfaction.

That's probably the significance of tea ceremony performances.

“This is the first time I’ve ever seen a complete tea ceremony; it’s truly fascinating,” Iowa said with a smile, putting down her teacup and addressing Lexington and Missouri.

“I didn’t expect Missouri to be able to keep up with me. What, did you secretly get some tutoring before?” Lexington said with a smile as he looked at Missouri.

“Senior Lexington, you flatter me. Missouri has only practiced some tea ceremony techniques superficially. If there were any shortcomings in my performance just now, please forgive me,” Missouri said with a smile.

“You…” Lexington looked at Missouri and said lightly, but in the end she didn’t say anything. She just looked at everyone and smiled, “Well, it’s been quite a lively day.”

Missouri and Lexington got up from the floor. Lexington sat in the main seat on the guest sofa, while Lexington returned to the group.

"Lexington, may I sit here?" Xiaobai stood up from her seat, walked around the coffee table, and plopped down next to Lexington, naturally snuggling up to her.

Lexington gently hugged Little White, wrapping her arms around his shoulders and placing her palm on the back of his hand.

"Sure, please have a seat." Lexington smiled at Xiaobai, then looked up at everyone, her gaze sweeping over the faces of the ship girls in front of her with a smile.

The office in the newbie naval base is much larger than other places.

At least in the chairman's office in Chapter 8, when the ship girls were crammed onto one sofa, it felt crowded. But in the office sofa of the newbie naval base, everyone except Shiro and Lexington could sit comfortably on one side.

"Judging from your expressions, you've been having quite a bit of fun in Chapter Eight these past few days," Lexington said.

“Sister Lexington, we miss you too.” Iowa said with a smile, gently patting Illinois beside her. “This is our new little sister in the Iowa class, named Illinois. This is her first time meeting you.”

“Miss Lexington, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” Illinois immediately bowed to Lexington.

“Illinois, I remember it’s a planned ship?” Lexington looked at Illinois and nodded with a smile. “Hmm… since it’s an Iowa-class ship girl, it must have been built by Shiro herself, right? It looks very spirited and has the style of the Iowa-class ship girls.”

"Yes, I built it myself, Admiral."

"In that case, you're quite fortunate," Lexington chuckled, covering her mouth. "It's a pleasure to meet you. What are your future goals?"

"My development goals? To be honest... I'm not too sure. The starting point here is too high. My idea is to catch up with my companions here first."

"Being down-to-earth is good."

Lexington nodded in satisfaction, then shifted her gaze to Changchun and the neighboring cities of Jinan and Anshan.

After nodding to Changchun, Lexington gazed at Jinan and Anshan for a moment.

Anshan immediately greeted Lexington, and Jinan, though a beat slower, quickly placed his hands on his knees and bowed to Lexington.

"Hello, Mrs. Leh!"

"Hello, Mrs. Leigh!"

“You don’t need to be so formal when you greet me. It makes me sound like some kind of scary person.” Lexington smiled and said to Jinan and Anshan, “We’ve met before, so there’s no need for such formality. As for you two… I don’t have any instructions. One of you is a sister from Changchun, and the other is also loved by Xiaobai. I just hope that you can be happy in the naval base, and that’s all I need.”

"Thank you, Mrs. Leigh!"

After the two ship girls finished speaking, Lexington smiled at everyone.

"Well, in this way, everyone will be acquaintances."

"Ah... Lexington, wait a minute." Just then, Little White, who was nestled in Lexington's arms, reached out and tugged at Lexington's collar.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Lexington looked down.

"Give me your hand, give me your hand." Xiaobai turned his palm over and grasped Lexington's hand, which was covering his own. "Just give me a few seconds..."

Xiao Bai took a deep breath and channeled his mental energy into Lexington's body as a wave.

Lexington was momentarily dazed. She was feeling the warm sensation coming from Xiaobai and was wondering about the significance of Xiaobai suddenly transferring a large amount of mental energy to her. The next second, she caught a glimpse of a figure she hadn't noticed at all in the corner of the sofa.

“…Oh dear…” Lexington looked at Jean Bart, paused for a moment, thought for a while, and then suddenly realized, “Jean Bart is here too.”

"Hey, Mrs. Lexington, hello there." Jean Bart scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.

"Is this what Xiaobai was talking about before, making people ignore their own abilities?" Lexington said to Jeanbart with great appreciation, "Very good, I admire you."

"Thank you, thank you!" Jean Bart scratched his head with great satisfaction.

"Lexington, we've come back not only to see you, but also to announce something," Little White said excitedly, tugging at Lexington's clothes.

"Hmm? What is it?" Lexington asked gently, bowing her head.